The Ninth Art

A Data-Driven Strategy for Future Game Development

Yusheng Li

2026-01-14

The Disconnect

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The “Sweet Spot”

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The Strategic Drivers

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Indie or AAA?

Figure 4: Insight 4: The ‘Indie Tax’ - Indies need higher scores to compete.

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Project Repo: github.com/JayLBean/dsci-pre
Data Source: TGA & Metacritic (2014-2024)